Daphnis
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Classification:
10 Y-Y[ Bulbocodium Hybrids ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
2011
Hybridizer:

Anne Wright

Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England

Anne Wright
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2017
Seed Parent: 
Julia Jane 10 Y-Y 
James C. Archibald, Wales
Year of first flowering: 1974
Julia Jane
Pollen Parent: 
N. bulbocodium subsp. praecox Division 13 Species
Section: Bulbocodium
N. bulbocodium subsp. praecox
Seedling Number:
2767-1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 42mm wide, light greenish yellow 3C; perianth segments 17mm long, lanceolate in outline, acute at apex, spreading, plane, creased and of heavy substance, separated; corona 19mm long, shallowly funnel-shaped, ribbed, mouth straight and wavy, with rim narrowly flanged and minutely crenate. 

The pollen parent is N. bulbocodium subsp. praecox, Moulay Brahim and stands for the place in Morocco where the seeds for this form were collected.

Origin of Name

Named for an inner satellite of Saturn. This flower shape is reminiscent of a full moon.

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DaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #62302 Michiel de Waard, the NetherlandsDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #62301 Michiel de Waard, the NetherlandsDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #62300 Michiel de Waard, the NetherlandsDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #59903 Kirby Fong, USADaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #59902 Kirby Fong, USADaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #59901 Kirby Fong, USADaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #59900 Kirby Fong, USADaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #59899 Kirby Fong, USADaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #38490 James L. Akers, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34195 Dryad Nursery, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34194 Dryad Nursery, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34193 Dryad Nursery, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34192 Dryad Nursery, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34191 Dryad Nursery, EnglandDaphnisDaphnis, 10 Y-Y, Anne Wright, England, 2017
Photo #34190 Dryad Nursery, England